Round about now - I think they mentioned something about mid-October, although whether that was when they were going to be shipping them, or whether that was when we are due to receive them, I dunno...

Well although I don't get any cash for doing the 808 site, there is the occasional priviledge. In this case Graham brought a yellow 808 shirt back from Tokyo for me
The sleeve print says 808 in Japanese.

OK, at the risk of being called a trainspotter, the 808 Japanese releases always have 808 written in Western digits, so this is the first time I've seen 808 in Japanese. I checked with a Japanese friend just to make sure. Here you go: